BIG ADDITION: Is Dre Greenlaw the difference to the Denver Broncos beating the New York Giants?

BIG ADDITION: Is Dre Greenlaw the difference to the Denver Broncos beating the New York Giants?

On today’s DVR Broncos podcast, we are talking about the big addition the Broncos could potentially get this weekend and how much that could help this Broncos team. Plus, we’re breaking down the Giants with some spicy comments from Jonathan Cooper pointed at the Giants quarterback Jackson Dart. We’re getting a little emotional talking about Dearius Thomas and the Super Bowl 50 reunion. Plus, our final picks for Broncos Giants. It all starts now. Guess who’s back. Back. Back. Dre is back. Yeah. I’m not talking about Andre Simone. I’m talking about Dre Green Law is back for the Denver Broncos. We’re going to break down that and what it means on the DMV Broncos podcast live from the Toyota Lounge driven by your local front range Toyota stores. And of course, we are presented by Bet365. Use that code DNVR365 when you sign up. Place a $5 bet after depositing $10 and boom, you’re going to get $200 in bonus bets. It’s a terrific Thursday on the show. And some big time news for the Broncos. And before we dive in, I got to ask you, Henry, how you doing? Um, still not good. It’s a real shame the sickness is go is going away. Yeah. Yeah, you sound a little better, right? I do. I’m talking like a human. Um, but uh I really I wish I was allowed to say what else is going on, but Lexi says I’m not allowed to tell anybody. Um, but no, it was another miserable day yesterday. Man, boy, you’re going through I wouldn’t wish on my And we can we can kind of joke about it. It’s not like a It’s like a family matter or anything. You could tell by my tone. Yeah. I wouldn’t wish this on anyone. No, it’s really really awful. And it really kills me that I can’t just tell everybody exactly what’s happening. Yeah. You’re you’re smiling through the deep deep pain. Yeah. Jose says he is sick. Oh no. Is he the one who got me sick? Jose, did you get a new top sick through the Toyota chat? I don’t think the Toyota chat has that power. I think you can do pretty much everything else. Yeah, I guess you’re probably get you sick. But the toy chat maybe can make Henry feel better. So, let’s let’s guess in the Toyota chat what’s going on with Henry. That throw them out there. That’ll make them really fun. Um I love I love the guesses so far. Yeah. Yeah. The these are these are great. Um and maybe someone will hit it on the head. The thing is like I don’t want to go through and say it’s not that, it’s not that cuz then you then you skip one and then you skip one. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Exactly. But I love that you’re guessing an STD or that you’re guessing. Oh, I don’t know if we’d be having fun over that one, Dusty. On the No, we wouldn’t. No, I don’t think there’s any no fun ones of those. No. Yeah. Um, shout out to everyone that’s tuning in with us today. As you know, this is our final show of the week, which means we are going to be giving our game picks for Broncos Giants. We’re going to be going around the AFC West making our picks. at the end of the show. Henry, I think we’re gonna save this for the end because it is just I mean it’s what the Broncos are all about. The Super Bowl 50 reunion. Got some cool comments on that, but even cooler story from Courtland Sutton talking about Dearius Thomas. He tells such a cool story. So, we’ll hit that at the end to send us into the weekend on a feelgood note. Um, we’re going to be talking about some spicy comments from Jonathan Cooper talking about Jackson Dart. And I’m curious if you think this is good for the Broncos or good for the Giants with these comments because they have kind of gone viral. Uh, but let’s start with the big addition. Dre Greenlaw Henry is back at Broncos practice. He was um designated to return off injured reserve yesterday. He practiced. He was a limited participant. Went through warm-ups, went through individual drills, uh and then that’s all we got to see. But this is a big step. It’s not like he just practiced and was out there or just dressed and was out there. He did a lot of things at practice. I was very encouraged what I saw. Um he was moving around well. And uh Henry, what this means is he’s not back on the 53man roster yet, but he could be as early as Saturday. That’s when the Broncos will make this move is Saturday. And make if they make that move on Saturday, that means he will be playing in the game on Sunday. However, it does not guarantee that’s going to be the case. Dre uh by making this move, the Broncos must either activate him to the 53man roster in a 21-day window or put him back on season ending IR for the rest of the year. And he’s done. No signs point to the season ending IR obviously unless something pops up but no one’s going to expect forecast that. So Dre is either going to be back this Sunday for the Giants, next Sunday for the Cowboys, or the following Sunday for the Texans. Uh how you feeling about it? It’ll be fun if he’s back. It’ll definitely be fun if he’s back. Um I’m I’m curious to see what it looks like. I’m curious to see if there’s like if it takes time for him to kind of fit in. Um the defense right now is going it’s playing really well obviously like incredibly well. Um making changes to that even if they’re changes that should make you better scares me a little bit. Um but but I do think having him back is obviously like great you want to start working back in and hopefully on Sunday he’s on the field. Yeah. So, uh, how would you handle this if you are Shawn Peyton? Cuz clearly he is healthy enough to be practicing right now. So, it’s not like he’s, uh, not able to do everything or they wouldn’t bring him back if he wasn’t good. Remember, that’s the reason that the Broncos initially put him on injured reserve because he did not start the season on injured reserve. In fact, it looked like he was going to play week one and then something weird happened. Must have happened, I should say. I don’t know that for sure. In that first practice leading up to the first game against the Titans, cuz he practiced and then he did not practice after that. Broncos said, “We’re going to keep you on the 53man roster for two weeks, I think.” And then they said, “You know what? Dre keeps trying to practice and then a setback happens.” He tries to practice, a setback happens. So they said, “We’re essentially going to uh allow Dre or force Dre to just stay out of his own way in terms of if you’re on IR, you can’t practice at all.” So the Broncos put him on IR just to get fully better. The fact that he’s practicing tells me that the Broncos and Dre think that he is fully better right now. So Henry, I want to ask you because the Toyota chat, besides guessing all of your ailments, and maybe I shouldn’t even say ailments because I don’t even think it’s an ailment. They’re saying there’s a hint. They’re They’re saying um do not rush him back. And boy, I couldn’t agree any more on that. But I don’t think that’s how the Broncos are going to operate. Right. And what if what if this is not rushing him back? Exactly. What if rushing him back meant they didn’t even put him on, played him three weeks ago? That’s exactly And that’s the thing is they just have so much more information than us. Um and Shawn Peyton really seems to like it that way. He’s not sharing the information. How about we hear from Shawn Peyton? So, um, he was asked about it’s asked about Dre being back. Well, actually, we have this whole exchange, but how it starts is someone asking Shawn about Dre just simply practicing, and then there’s a couple of follow-ups, one by me, by the way, and uh, so if you don’t like me, you’ll enjoy this interaction uh, with me and Sean yesterday and a couple of other reporters as well. So, Sean, how about Dre being back? How did Dre look today? And what are your thoughts on his status moving forward? Yeah, he practiced today. It was good. Coach, what what when Trey Green does play, what does he bring to the defense? These are the hypotheticals, right? I love him. You know, no, I can’t say anything about injury. He practiced today. He practiced today. He’s been working out like he’s been rehabbing and uh today was a good day. So Sean, hypothetically, if Drake Greenlaw plays this week against the New York Giants, how you feel about it, um I actually have a an issue with Sean kind of coming at me like that. Um it should not be a hypothetical about what Drake Greenlaw brings to this defense, right? Like I I didn’t say this Sunday, right? Um it should not be a hypothetical of just what he brings to this defense, but this because in other ways the question is John is okay. So, you’re not giving us any like real information, correct? We all have to go home and write the story about Dre Green. Exactly. As we give something about Dre Green, like like what’s up? Like something that that’s exactly it. Um and so clearly Sean doesn’t want to give anything about any injuries. But this is to be fair to Sean, this is how he’s been since week one started. He says, “I don’t talk about injuries. Not going to happen.” He did give us a little tidbit. He’s been rehabbing. I think 100% of us could have assumed that. um he looked good. So then uh you know as as investigative reporters as we are, we talked to some other people uh throughout the rest of the day and got more intel than Sean was willing to give. Uh Pat Certan on Dre Green Law practicing yesterday. He said quote Dre looked good. He looked good out there. Obviously his first day back out there in a on the field in a minute. It seems like he’s very sharp on everything on the game plan. Very excited for him. You could you could see that initially and be like a he took the company line. That’s good. He looked good out there. He said he looks good on the game plan, Henry. Right. On the game plan, right? I think he’s playing this weekend. I think so, too. Um I do think he’ll probably be uh a limited role. So So you have uh Alex. Wow, how am I forgetting his name? Alex is your mic linebacker because he hit he hit you and knocked it out of Right. He would love that. Alex is your mic linebacker. Justin’s your weak side linebacker. Um Dre Green Law is a weak side linebacker. So those are the two guys who play the same position. And how you split those reps to me is kind of the big question. Again, when you go into your one linebacker formations, that’s more than likely going to be Alex because again, it’s your mic linebacker. Um and with in this situation particular when you’re probably not trying to find extra snaps for Dre, um you’re not going to be tweaking that. So, um, it it’s it’s what you do about those two. And I just don’t know what the answer is because first of all, you just rarely see linebacker rotations. Like that’s not really a thing where it’s it’s not like running back. It’s like you give them a series. Um, more likely is you give him a package. Say like, okay, so in your 34 defense, Dre, in the nickel defense, Justin. It’s like, does that even make sense? Would you want him flipped? I I don’t know. I don’t know which situations you’d want one or the other. Like Justin is at his best when he blitzes. Yeah, he’s pretty rangy in coverage. Um Greenlaw probably gives you a little bit more as like a read and react run stuffer. Yeah. Um but again, if you’re putting him in those situations a lot of the time like you could be calling that or from that package you could be calling the blitz. So it it’s kind of a challenge and who knows may maybe they do say like Justin Dre’s back. Sorry, get out of here. Yeah. Yeah, that that very well may happen. But Henry, I agree with with you that he’s going to play this week and and really something that you said earlier that just really makes me think it along with the comments from Pat, along with him practicing yesterday, um he wouldn’t be on the practice field right now if he wasn’t full go and the NFL, they don’t really baby you. Isn’t the right No, it is that they don’t baby you in the NFL. If you’re healthy, you play. If you are not healthy to play, you do not play. Yeah, unless there’s a setback. I’m touching wood big time right here. Um, unless there’s a setback, Dre Greenlaw’s going to play. And I do think you’re right. Vance could play him 100% of the snaps. Vance could also say Justin’s a weapon at blitzing. He leads the NFL in inside linebacker sacks at three and a half right now. He’s what, second or third on the Broncos in sacks, which is actually, no, I mean, third or fourth on the Broncos in sacks with three and a half, which is actually crazy impressive. and the Broncos just have another weapon there. So, um I eventually Jre Green Law probably will be getting 90% of the snaps. May not be this week, but I do fully fully expect Dre Green Law to be back this week. And Henry, to round out this conversation, how important is Dre Green Law for the Broncos to beat the Giants this week? You’re going to be favored either way. Yep. Right now over at B365, seven and a half point favorites. Oh, seven and a half is a lot. Scares the hell out of me. Yeah, I just Yeah, I we’ll get there later. Um I think he certainly helps. Actually, no, I should I take that back. He probably helps. Whoa. Not even certainly. Well, I mean, he’s played what, two football games in the past? Since the February of 2024, right? Right. So all the rest of 20 24 he played two at the end and then all the way that like that is October of 2025 there could be a little rust like I I I think there’s obvious that rust is going to come when it comes whenever you put him on the field so get it knocked off as soon as you can. Um that’s what I said like it’s tough for me to look at what the defense did last week and say like you know what let’s make a change. Although again you have to that that is that is fair. I don’t I don’t think him playing or not really changes anything at all on the average. Okay. So So Jonathan Cooper said it’s quote awesome to get Dre Green Lawn back and went on and said quote obviously we know the type of player Dre Green Law is. We watched the film. You add that type of dynamic to this defense with him being right. It’s just going to take us to another level. I’m excited for him to return. Excited for him to get the runs. He’s a great teammate since he’s been here. Excited to see him play. End quote. Um I I agree with Coupe. I do think he takes his defense to another level. Um, and especially against the Giants. Daniel Sep says Dre Greenlaw is not very important to beat New York because of the offense. I would assume that the Giants offense. The Giants thrive on running the football with a demon at running back in Cam Scataboo. and Jackson Dart, who is, like I said yesterday, the third quarterback in NFL history to have 50 plus rushing yards in his first three games joining Jaylen Herz and Lamar Jackson. Pretty special guys right there. Um, so I I do think that Dre Green Law is important. Now, this is not saying anything negative about Justin Stern. You’re paying Dre Green Law three years, $30 million contract because you think he’s special. And man, if you shut down the Giants run defense, you are going to win because Jackson Dart, while I am a fan of his in terms of I think he’s a good player or will be a good player. If you make if you allow Nick Bonito, Jonathan Cooper, Zack Allen, Justin Sternod, John Frank Myers to just pin their ears back and tee off on Jackson because he can’t run the ball and Cam can’t run the ball. Game over. I mean, seven sacks incoming. That’s how the Broncos cover the seven and a half point spread. That’s the formula right there. Henry, you’re giving me a funny look. I still like the Bronco Broncos shut down the Jets run game last week. Certainly did. Shut down the passing game, too. Well, and then what happened? Yeah. I just to me it’s I’m not scared of the Giants putting up a big number. Yeah. I just don’t see a world in which I I think it’s going to be really tough for them to get to 20. It might be really tough for him to get to 13. Yeah. Um, Broncos offense scares me though. That’s fair. And it’s it’s sick it in more than it has all year that like I don’t know after watching last week that you just bounce back and I I think they’re capable of playing a really good game. But even if you you make this ugly and the Giants offense looks terrible, throw in a couple turnovers and a bunch of three and outs and next thing you know it’s a game in the fourth quarter. Yeah. Well, and we’ve seen the the Giants be in those type of games with no turnovers, and then we’ve also seen them be in games where they have five turnovers. Let’s dive into the Giants and Jackson Dart because Jonathan Cooper, man, he had some fascinating comments. You can call them spicy, you could call them shots, you can call them interesting, you can call them whatever you want. They were good comments. Let’s get to that after I give a shout out to our friends over at Game Time where if you want to see the Broncos back in town this weekend, you got to check out our friends over at Game Time. 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Because I do not like and shout out to bet365 for being our presenting sponsor. Uh because I do not not like Aaron Rogers and I will never cheer for him in a single game unless it Broncos desperately need it. Um I will always be rooting against him. So give me plus five and a half for the Bengals in that one. Yeah. Um, and also if the Bengals win, which is probably what plus 250, plus 200 over there, uh, if the Bengals straight up win, and then the Chargers beat the Colts, which I we probably don’t want, and the Broncos win, Broncos have the best record in the AFC, like tied with like a couple of other teams, but the best record in the AFC, which is just insane. Um, what’s also, uh, actually this isn’t insane at all. I want to give a shout out to the Common Spirit injury report where we’re going to talk and tell you about all the injuries that the Broncos have going on right now. Yesterday, Henry, we know that Dre Green Law was a limited participant in practice. We mentioned Jonathan Cooper, and we’re going to continue to talk about Jonathan Cooper. He was a limited participant in practice. Uh, the day he won AFC defensive player of the week with a quad. Quads are popping up everywhere with these uh linebackers. Coupe did practice after practice. He gave no indication that he wasn’t going to play. So, I think that he’s going to be okay. Uh Alex Singleton and Nick Bonito, they’re both full, but they’re just both dealing with the injuries that they’ve had for a long time. Nick Bonito, that wrist wrist, he’s had it for like a month now. And Alex Singleton, the thumb, he’s had it for two or three months now. Both those guys are full. And then Jonah Ellis did not practice again with that shoulder. I think you can probably likely count on him not playing uh in the game this weekend and that’s just another opportunity for Q Robinson. Jonah Ellis is a hell of a player, but as you said yesterday, Broncos haven’t had nine sacks with Jonah Ellis playing, right? He was holding them back. Yeah, I’ll let you say that. So, uh, shout out to Common Spirit injury report right there. Experience the difference Compassion makes. Find a Common Spirit location near you and discover a new standard of health and healing by visiting mountain.comspirit.org. Common Spirit Health, official healthc care partner of the Denver Broncos. Um, and we’re going to be right down there at Broncos Park powered by Common Spirit right after this show. And we were down there yesterday and Henry Jonathan Cooper was one accepting his a his trophyless AFC defensive player of the week award, right? Talking to the media and taking a shot. Te tell me we’ll we’ll play this clip and tell me what the best is he taking a shot. What what’s going on here with a comment from Jonathan Cooper? He was simply asked, “So, what what do you think of Jackson Dart as a quarterback?” And here’s what he said. Oh, you you don’t have that clip? No. This this is the best clip of them all. I think it was the second I sent it in a second message. Dion, if you’re able to pull it up in a couple of minutes, we can uh hit that in just a second. Let me know if you need me to resend it, though. And I’d add on top of that that when so last night um I happened to be standing by an elevator um an elevator that I knew pretty well. Um but I was standing there and the uh that’s going to give no one any hints. I know that’s why I said it. But uh the the apartment next to the elevator um I heard like this voice. I was like, “Oh, that’s weird.” And it was talking and talking. I was like, “Wait, that’s Nick Bonito. That’s Nick Bonito’s voice.” And I think it it was probably coming out of the TV. Unfortunately, I don’t think Nick Bonito was actually in there. I thought you lived in Nick Bonito’s apartment complex. No. No. If not, he never mind. Um uh but yes, but he was saying you up on the injury report today, right? But then he was saying, you know, um we’re we we need to go be physical. Like that’s what we need to do is just go be physical and show them that like this is what physical football looks like. And we’ll expand on the conversation, I’m sure, in a second, but I mean, that’s that’s what the Giants are all about is they’re they’re out there trying to bully people at the line of scrimmage to fight for extra yards um defensively to not give up extra yards. And that’s their formula for winning games. Like get that extra little push because of the excitement, because of the energy. Um and it’s working for them. Like they kind of caught magic in the bottle with that. But if you’re the Broncos, you have to say, “Hey, that’s what you do.” Guess what? Not only are we physical, we’re also good at football. And that that’s just another level. 100%. Henry, you nailed it right on the head. And if you look at the Broncos two losses this year, we know they were last second field goals, but what the opposing team did was they dominated the running game, at least on their offense to the Broncos defense. And the Broncos lost against the Colts. We know Jonathan Taylor went off had over 200 yards from scrimmage, but 167 of his yards came on the ground. The following week against the Chargers with Naji Harris popping his Achilles midame, they still had 106 rushing yards. That’s different than every other game the Broncos have won. In week one against the Titans, the Titans had 71 rushing yards in the past three games. 53 rushing yards, 45 rushing yards, 92 rushing yards. So that’s a big difference that that you could point to as the magic number for how the Broncos win is just stop the run. Don’t let the run go crazy. Hold them under 100 yards rushing and you win. And Henry, that holds even more true for this game because I will Huh. I could say something crazy right now. I can make like a crazy proposition. Um I would be shocked. We’ll just keep it like that. If the Broncos w lose this No. Yes. Broncos lose to the Giants and it’s not because the Giants run the ball all over them. Like if Jackson Dart sits in the pocket, doesn’t get sacked, doesn’t get pressured, and is able to slice up the Broncos secondary and win. Yeah, I don’t I’ll do whatever because that’s just that’s simply not going to happen. Now, this is not a guaranteed win game. I’m not saying that. I’m just saying if the Broncos shut down the running game, the Broncos Yeah. Someone says crazy to guarantee that. I’m not guaranteeing this win. Um I would be shocked if if the Giants beat the Broncos without running the ball like crazy. And honestly, that’s what the Giants like to do. They like to hand to Cam Scataboo 30 times. Doesn’t matter if he’s running for 2.5 yards per carry or six yards per carry. Um they just they love to do that. Jackson Dart can also run like I mentioned earlier in the show. And it’s not that Jackson Dart can’t throw, but they cannot rely on that, especially against this Broncos team. Yeah. And like I said, I think that all makes a lot of sense other than the fact that, you know, they gave up 82 yards last week and I with with what 30 seconds left, I was sitting there thinking like, “Oh, they’re about to lose to the Jets.” Yep. Everyone was. other than the idea that, you know, Broncos offense has not been spectacular and beyond that has kind of handed points out of team and special teams, too. Um, yeah, I they got JT Gray, man. They’re good difference maker. Sean Payton called them. I’ll throw out there if if the Giants can’t run the football and this isn’t one of the 10 ugliest games of this entire NFL season, then I would be shocked if the Giants win. A good point. And a key to the Giants two wins since Jackson Dart’s been the quarterback is playing turnover-free football. Zero turnovers in both of their wins and four takeaways from the opposing team. That was against the Chargers and the Eagles. And that’s why no one is uh no one’s guaranteeing this win. And even the seven and a half points. That scares me just like it scares you. We’ll get to our picks in just a second because they can play with good teams. Their one loss was against the Saints, Henry. They ran for 136 yards on the ground, which is their fewest since Jackson Dart’s been the quarterback, but still a lot. They had five turnovers. So, on the flip side, as much as I really don’t like the seven and a half, this also could be a Broncos blowout. If you make a rookie quarterback look like a rookie quarterback and you stop their ground game, this could be seven sack performance from the Broncos with three interceptions, including the Broncos first defensive score of the season. It could be that game as well because they have shown that that can be their game just two weeks ago. Yeah. And I mean again the they lost to the Saints. Bills who you know Bills not a great football team. Um the Bills at this point, right? I mean great being like the best. Wow. They I I lost the Pats this week just two weeks ago. I was thinking incredible but then when you lose a couple games then you start looking back at the wins and you’re like uh I don’t know. Say they lose this week to the Falcons. Not even all that competitive in the game. the week before to the Patriots. The week before that they beat the Saints, but the Saints had a lead in the fourth quarter. Wow. That’s half the season right there that have just been wrong about the Bills. Wow. It varies like there’s the route at the end was is kind of like a seam almost a double move. Um and then look the third and long fle. Yeah, that that was Sean in case you were confused. Uh or that was us. Um I if just three games go the right way for the Broncos. The Broncos are the number one team in the AFC, which is insane based off the conversations that not just us, everyone was having three weeks ago after two last second field goal loss. Sometimes I see a comment that just makes me like rethink everything. And when I see Henry, you’re right, the Bills are overrated. I want to see them so bad in the playoffs. Then I think back to what I said. I’m like, well, was I do I really think that? I don’t know. There’s two teams that I would really prefer not to play in the playoffs as of right now. It’s it’s the Bills and it’s the Chiefs just because Yeah, they’re the Chiefs in the playoffs. Um, any other team? Give me them. The division leaders right now, Henry, the Steelers. If the Broncos going to Pittsburgh, how you feeling? Uh, right now, uh, tossup. A tossup. Okay, I’ll take that. And I take the Broncos to 55% odds to win. Um, the Patriots are a division winner leader right now. Yeah, way better than having to go to Buffalo in my opinion. Drake May looks insane. Yeah, he does look good. Cuz remember when he beat the Bills, he beat them by Josh Allen out Josh Allening Josh Allen. That’s crazy. Like the the throws on his way to the ground where it’s like, wait, no way. That that’s impossible. And that is what scares me. I think going back to the Steelers, all it’s going to take is like one loss for the Steelers for me to be like, “Okay, there we like we’re we’re reset now. Just remember Aaron Rogers. That’s all you have to remember, right? Aaron Rogers. Um has more Super Bowls than Bon Knicks, unfortunately. He’s also played like 500 years more than too. Uh the other uh division leader right now, the Colts, how would you feel about the Broncos going into Indianapolis? Tough to Oh, no. They say it’s tough to beat a team three times and unfortunately the Colts won’t be the ones. Um, this is I’m essentially asking you how much do you trust Daniel Jones for an entire season in the playoffs? Honestly, you give me all those teams. Colts, Steelers, Chargers. Um, I feel like I’m giving the Chiefs a gift almost being in there at this point just because they haven’t even been good. Broncos right there. Like they’re all kind of the same team. Yeah. Yeah. And like give me I’ll I’ll say like, okay, you you get homefield advantage. Congrats. That’ll help. Patriots again also in that group. Give them a tick in their direction if they’re at home. Other than that, like all toss-ups, they’re no good teams. They’re no good football teams. No great elite. Again, like I think I don’t even think they’re that good. Like I don’t again I don’t think the Steelers that good. I don’t think the Colts are that good. The Broncos I love, but also we were all at that game on Sunday. Like we don’t walk away from that saying like, “Oh, there we go. That’s last second field goals away from being six.” Right. and they were six yards away from another That’s true. field goal that we’re complaining about. That’s very fair. Um, still waiting for a good team. Let’s hear Dion. Do we have the clip? Okay, let’s let’s wait a second. Um, and you guys are going to want to stay around for this clip because it is it’s awesome. It’s not something I thought Jonathan Cooper would ever say. But before we do that, I got to give a shout out to our friends over at Kors Light where I’m looking at the Coors Light on our set right now. And man, a cold Kors Light would make me feeling so good right now because Kors Light is all about chilling. That’s whether you’re chilling after a hot day. I think it’s like in the 70s today, tomorrow as well. Uh whether it’s a you want to chill after work, you want to chill with your friends, Coors Light is all about chilling, especially on game days. 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He’s out there running around. He’s got the chain on. He’s dancing, you know, feel like everybody needs something. So, you know, but we’ve went against co QBs who have ran around the pocket and have, you know, try to do stuff with their legs. I love it. Shade shot. H how do you how do you describe those comments? Um, so we’ll start with it’s very honest. Yeah, he is dancing. He is wearing chains. He is feeling himself. We now know exactly what he thinks of Jackson Dart, which again, you we can’t complain about people, players in particular, players and coaches being honest. No, not at all. Um, when we always ask for it and then they do it and we’re like, “What the hell are you thinking?” Being honest. Um, but yeah, I mean, if I’m Jackson Dart, I probably don’t like hearing it. Um, it does go into that whole I I think Jonathan Cooper would really like to punch Jackson Dart in the face and that’s I I again that’s just my thought reading that and I think that I think you’re right. That’s probably the entire Broncos defense just wants to go hit those guys. Yep. Exact. I think you you are spot on there. They see they’re like man this is a little kid that has no idea what he’s walking into on Sunday. He’s happy golucky. He’s dancing. He’s wearing chains. He’s way too swaggy for being a twoin-one quarterback in the NFL right now. And or according to Crumble Cookies, as a said, if Dart did that running BS against us, he’d be in a hospital. Wow. I think that’s kind of what Coupe is getting at there. And I love this because it puts a little more pressure on the Broncos defense. And that’s pressure that I think that they enjoy and they like. So, I think Coupe um I I love it. And also, if I’m Jackson Dart, if you go out, I’m gonna go make a Tik Tok and get my feelings out. Yeah. And it Well, and if you go and beat the Broncos in Denver against this defense, you’re on cloud 15 right now. Like, you are the truth through four weeks at least of your debut. You beat the Chargers, you beat the Eagles, you beat the Broncos. The Broncos being the best of those defenses, but those other two being pretty good defenses, too. Um, I think this just raised the stakes for this game. Like with Broncos playing the Giants with Russell Wilson at quarterback that have all of us fired up for this game. When it’s Jackson Dard, it took a lot of steam off this game. Jonathan Cooper just lit a little flame under this game again. I love it. I’m so pumped. And uh I love that Jonathan Cooper is doing this because I think this is the guy that he is on the field. He is off the field. Jonathan Cooper is about the sweetest, nicest guy that that you can meet. Um, but on the field, I think he’s he’s a dog. Maybe the most underrated dog on this Broncos entire team. And now he’s letting the public see a little bit of him. And I absolutely love it. And by the way, Jonathan Cooper so unbelievably jacked. Yes. Like he he’s a guy that stands out. He he wouldn’t be the first off the bus sort of guy because he’s not 6’5, but man, he’s up there in terms of intimidating. Absolutely. Um, you know, the Giants just caught magic. Like that’s the point that they’re at. And it seems like they do that all the time. Like this is it’s kind of like Tommy Devito all over again. And they’ll hope that like this is more sustainable than that was. Yeah, that’s true. But it just seems like that’s what the Giants live off of is like we have it figured out. We’re hot. We’re riding with it. I mean, that’s that’s both their Super Bowls, right? Uh- w with Eli Manning. They’re wild card teams who just get hot at the right time and every like, man, that’s just in their history. Exactly. Like, that’s what they’re all about. They found it right now. And I It’s just about being more physical than them. If the Broncos are more physical than the Giants, again, barring the stupid things that we’ve seen in the past, they should win this game pretty handily. Yeah, I completely agree. And Edward in the Toyota chat says Jackson darts acting like Drew Lockach. It’s kind of like Drew Lock and Pton Hillis back there right now with all the swag and vibes in their direction. But when they have to come to Denver, they’re going to have the crowd completely against them. Jackson Dart is going to be in a crazy environment. I think this is going to be a fantastic environment with the Broncos being 4-2, a three-game win streak. The hottest team tied in the NFL right now. Mile High is going to be bumping. It’s going to be a different environment than the ones that they’ve been in. Um because they played the Eagles at home last week. So, they have the crowd on their side and just make the Giants throw the ball. I think it’s going to be a hell of a day. And I think that Jonathan Cooper is going to be proven right about Jackson Dart. Yeah. This this game tougher, easier than the Cowboys next week? Oh, man. They’re so different. They’re they’re the complete opposite. They are because Dak can throw the ball. The Giants are bad. Dak is good. Like and with those receivers and like the line like they they’ll put up some points. George Pickkins is his head case hasn’t shown up yet. So he’s actually just the great football player so far. Um I don’t Is CD Lamb back? Uh I actually don’t know. He might be back for that game right now. I was getting all the updates cuz he’s on Ryan’s fantasy team and so he wouldn’t shut up about it. But I I haven’t heard he’s still in Scotland so I couldn’t say. I think I’m more worried about the Cowboys, but it’s very very similar like because the Cowboys defense is so unbelievably bad. The Giants front is good in terms of talent. It’s really good in terms of talent. They got the big boys in the middle. They’ve got the pass rushers. Obviously Brian Burns is third in the NFL in sacks was seven, just one behind Nick Bonito. Uh they they’ve got Abdul Carter who looks like the top five pick that he was. Um and uh then they got the big boys in the middle, but so far they haven’t played like it outside of like the sacks from Brian Burns. They’re not a good run defense. They’re bottom 10 run defense or bottom 10 pass defense. So um as someone in the Twitter chat pointed out, uh Angel, our friend says Denver Broncos opponent this week is the Denver Broncos. It’s exactly who the Broncos opponent was last week. And Denver Broncos almost won that one in the wrong way. The Denver Broncos almost lost that one. Um, so I agree with you, Angel. Although the Giants are significantly better than the Jets. So if you do what you did last week, even with how good the Broncos defense was, you’re going to lose. Yeah. And the C I mean Cowboys are just tough. I mean, most yards in the NFL, most yards allowed in the NFL. Like, it’s they’re fun. Well, yeah. And I don’t know what that means for a Broncos offense that I’m not sure this offense is capable of taking advantage of the league’s worst defense the way that it should. Like, I think I I don’t think they’re a bad offense, but I think that they’re probably 10 or 12 offenses that see like, oh, we got the Cowboys. We’re putting 35 points on them. And the Broncos, I just they’re not there yet. I also think it’s a test for the defense, whereas this week it’s it’s literally just who punches harder. Yeah. And Cam’s going to be punching. Yes. But then the Broncos might also have Dre punching. The Broncos are going to have Alex Singleton punching. They’re going to have Huff punching big time. And then, of course, all the big boys up front are going to be ready for this, man. And then on the edge, you also have uh you also have Jaquan, who is the NFL’s all-time leading sacker from an undrafted defensive back. Yeah. I mean, that’s they’ve got they’ve got the pieces. Like, it’s just can you be the team that ends like this Giants run that feels like it has to end at some point? Yeah. Especially in the NFC where there’s so many teams with good records. Like, yeah. All it would take is just like a couple losses and the Giants are out and then they stumble the rest of the way down. Yeah. Yeah. I But who knows? Maybe they can stay hot. Let’s get to our game picks, Henry. And before we do that, want to give a shout out to something that’s always hot, and that is our friends over at Taco Bell, where if you have not tried Taco Bell’s new cantina chicken menu, you are in for a treat. Henry, I feel like every every week there’s a new great item being launched at Taco Bell and they still have all of their classics and their favorites. And then in fact, they’re going back to the 2K menu. So they’re going back 25 years bringing that stuff back. There are so many things that you can have over at Taco Bell that are absolutely amazing. 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I want everyone to drop their Broncos Giants prediction in the Toyota chat. And also, if you’re listening later, drop it below. We really appreciate everyone. Hit us with a thumbs up. That helps us a lot. Henry, oh, we’ve got Matson saying, “Go Grizz, baby.” So, there you go. Go Grizz, Matson. Leading you into your pick. What’s going to happen? Um, jeez. So, I want to start by saying I had 38-6 last week, I believe. Yeah, you were only many points off. Yeah. So, I feel really stupid about that. And this might be an overcorrection. I’ve got You know what? No, no, no. I can’t go 1311 again. Give me Give me Give me 1310. We got to be realistic here. 1310. Oh, boy. Please no. Then I’ll be like, damn. Are we just back in 2016, 2017? Sort of. 2016 was the last time they were 4 and2. Yeah, it was exactly. Um, okay. I’m going be a little more hopeful. I’m going to go I’m going go 20 to 13. Okay. I just I think they’re spot on with the spread there. Um, 20 to 13. We’ve got uh Carolina saying 2120. We’ve got Kyle saying 28-9 Broncos. We’ve got Omari V saying 2613. I would assume Broncos. Kyle is saying 21-10. Again, I assume Broncos. Rod uh said he had 34 to6 last week. So, Henry, it’s okay. Um that is our Broncos picks. We both got a Broncos win. I also believe Ryan has a Broncos win. I’m sure Benny has a Broncos win as well. Although Benny was on a different podcast and he was uh saying how good Jackson Dart was. So he was also a Giant too. He was also This is the Benny game. The Benny. Another Benny. No, this is the first of our Benny games. Yes, cuz we haven’t seen Bears, Saints, 49ers, right? So this is the only Benny Bowl this year. The only one this year. Yeah. Yeah. Um Okay, let’s go around the AFC West, Henry. And I want to get your predictions for the other games in the AFC West after picking our Broncos game. The other game that we’ve got in the AFC West, we got two more. We’ve got the Raiders going into Kansas City to play the Chiefs. Is there an upset here? I wish that there were. I mean, I can’t pick it. I’ll be sitting there. I’ll be pulling for the Raiders. As terrible as that sounds, um I might even I might even sprinkle that money line. Say, you know what? I bet I bet the odds are insane here because the Raiders have no shot at doing this. I think the spread over at Bet 365 is minus 11 and a half. So, I’m sure the money line is plus 500. Yeah, Raiders may have thrown in the towel, but the the Chiefs just aren’t. Again, I the Chiefs are one of those teams I don’t think is capable of taking advantage of a bad team. Like, I still think they win, but I don’t think it’s like a So, you take show up in the first quarter and it’s fun. I would I think I would. Interesting. But just straight up, you’re taking the Chiefs. Y All right. I’m taking the Chiefs as well, but as you said, as weird as it is to say, go Raiders for this week. Go Raiders. That would be a huge loss for the Chiefs right there. And the final game in the division since those are two divisional teams playing each other. We got the 5-1 Indianapolis Colts going in to Sofi to play the 4 and2 Chargers. Who wins this? I mean, this is the tough one. Um, home game for the Chargers. Are there more Colts fans or Chargers games there or Chargers fans there? H I don’t think the Colts is traveling well. No, I don’t either. I guess I’d say Chargers, but slight margin, right? Yeah, that’s going to suck to be there. Um I think a lot of blue. You know what? Give me the Colts. It’ll be more fun. I’m going to be cheering for him. Give me the Colts. I love that. I would take the home team in this one and the Chargers are the home team. So, um give me the Chargers. I think this is a coin flip game. And you probably want the Colts to win this game. Uh from a Broncos perspective, knock the Chargers down to four and three. They’d be 0 and3 in their last three games. Is that right? Then they’d be sputtering. They’d be falling going the wrong direction there. Um but here’s the positive spin. If the Chargers do win, that makes the Colts 5-2. If the Broncos win, they’ll be 5-2 along with the Chargers. And if the Steelers lose tonight, the Broncos will be the number one team or tied at least for the best record in the AFC, which is just wild. So, um that’s a way to spin it there. Um, gonna be really cool to see how these games play out. The Broncos Colts or the Broncos Giants game is at 2:05 this weekend, the same exact time as the Colts and Chargers. And then before at that 11:00 a.m. slot, you get to see the Raiders go against the Chiefs in Arrowhead. All right, let’s move on to what else is going to be happening this weekend, Henry. And it’s going to be a very, very cool weekend in so many ways. The Super Bowl 50 team is coming back for their 10-year reunion. They are going to be honored all weekend long, but at halftime of the Broncos game, they’re going to have a big ceremony. But then the other thing that’s just going to be pulling the heartstrings heartstrings of Broncos country is Dearius Thomas is officially going into the Ring of Fame. His his parents are going to be there to accept the Ring of Fame coat, the Ring of Fame ring, and then also be there at the unveiling at his Ring of Fame statue. That is going to happen at 10:30. And I believe from the last time they did this, if I remember right, when Payton got his unveiled. Uh, fans can be around this and watch it. Um, that’s at 11:30. I would highly recommend if you want to see this, be close enough, get there really early, like 10 I if not even earlier than that. Um, that’s on the south side of the stadium where all of the bronze, not bus, but statues are. Um, so if you want to see that, that’s going to be really cool. And then at halftime of the game, the Broncos will be officially pulling up the uh uh banner over DT’s uh Ring of Fame slab on the stadium. That is going to be so so cool. Um and it’s it’s going to be emotional, too. It is. I mean, there’s just so much going on. And I I think it’s always important to have the current team connect with the team’s history and the Broncos do a good job of that. Um whether it’s Oh jeez. I mean bringing bringing guys in from the past to talk to the team. um having the alumni around like understanding why why it matters so much because I I think sometimes in the NFL there are players in particular who struggle with like the purpose of it and a lot of it’s just like I just I’ll go get my paycheck and that’s what we need. The Broncos rarely have that issue. And part of that’s knowing who to give money to and all that, but a lot of it is having the understanding of what the Broncos mean to the city, what the history of the Broncos means to the city, what the history of the Broncos means now, what the current team means to everybody, uh, including all these guys. And I think having everybody from that era 10 years ago back is just really good for the team. And you know that one or two of them are probably talking to the team this week. Sean’s going to be talking a whole bunch about it this week. Um, and I think that that’s healthy for a team. I think that that can be a thing that pushes a team. And it’s one of the reasons I feel so confident about the Broncos this week is I just I can’t imagine you bring the Super Bowl 50 team back and lose. Yeah, it’s a great point. I’d be honoring Dearius Thomas in this game and lose. Yeah, the emotions are going to be in the Broncos favor big time. Um, we don’t have time to get to this clip right now because I want to get to the the uh Courtland and DT clips, but Court said it’s going to be fun for this defense to play in front of the Super Bowl 50 defense because there’s so many similarities. And we talked about it earlier this week. It’s not crazy to say that the Bronco, this Broncos defense could be maybe approaching what that Super Bowl 50 defense is just through six games right now. So, shout out to everyone that’s dropping in the LLDTS in the Toyota chat. Long live Demarius Thomas. And let’s talk about Dearius Thomas for this. Well, and because another thing someone says in the toilet chat, uh, Van should take a personal day to be there for this. Yeah, Henry, from my understanding, nearly the entire team is going to be there. Now, obviously, we’ve lost a couple of players, Dearius Thomas, Ronnie Hillman. Um, rest in peace to both of them. They won’t be there. Von, Brandon Mcmanis, Long Snapper, and I think there’s one one other player that’s still playing from that team. Uh, Trevor Simeon. Trevor. How could I forget my guy? Yes, you’re absolutely right. Super Bowl 50 champion. Who is the those four? Is it Cory Brewer? Was that Casey Krider? I think Cory Brewer. Yeah, Cory Brewer is playing somewhere. Do you have any idea where? No. Shout out to Cory Brewer. Couldn’t have done it without you. That would be something. Um, so they’ll be without those four guys, DT and Ronnie Hillman. And that’s six and then maybe like Casey Crider is a Giants long snapper. Oh, okay. Yeah. Yeah. Former Bronco. Yeah. Yeah. Um, so only like one or two other people aren’t going to make the game, I believe, from this team. That is so cool. Broncos are flying everyone out. Going to be so so cool and an awesome weekend for all of them. From my understanding, our guy Todd is going to be able to enjoy some of the celebrations as well. Benny obviously going to be there as well. It’s going to be so cool. Um, and the Broncos in total because they’re also inviting all the coaches, all the staff from that team. Over 150 people are going to be there this weekend. They got a big dinner on Saturday night where they officially give Dearius Thomas uh and his parents the his coat, ring of fame coat, ring of fame y ring as well. So, that’s going to be cool. But before we get out of here, I want to hear Courtland Sutton talking about Dearyius Thomas and how much he meant cuz remember those two were together and Demarius Thomas was Courtland Sutton’s mentor uh for a couple of years when he got here. And Dion, let’s go with the first one. Uh court stating what Dearius Thomas means to him. You guys know DT means the world to me and um I have been waiting for this for for this day of him getting his recognition from this organization because of all the things that he’s done um for the Broncos organization. You know uh I knew that I know that this this this dude loved Denver. He loved Broncos country. He loved, you know, being able to, you know, call this place home for the eight seasons that he was able to be here. And you know, um, the the small amount of time that I was able to spend with him was some of the most impactful time that I’ve had being a Denver Bronco. Um, I think that I know that, you know, if I didn’t have the guidance of him and Emanuel in in the room for me as a young rookie, um, I don’t think that I I I’m able to build, you know, the character and build the player that I became, you know, without that guidance. You know, I I think I think so highly of of of DT and um you know, I I like I said, I can I can talk all day about him. You know, even like I said, I didn’t get to spend a whole bunch of time with him, but the time I did get to spend he was so impactful. I can I can hear him talk all day about just the man he was beyond the football player, just the man he was. He carried himself in in such a way that, you know, um you can only aspire to be able to be talked about in the likes that he’s talked about um just as a person. and Garrett BS also spent time uh with with Dearius. So, there’s a couple of actual players on this current team that have connections to him. Um, and you can just tell how much he means to Courtland Sutton. And Courtland shared a really cool story which I want everyone to be able to hear. So, let’s let’s hear this story. Court was just asked simply like, can you tell us one one story about DT and you or what you remember? I got this little thing that I do um you know uh for some of the guys in the in the in the building. Um and it started off as like a rookie duty that he kind of gave me. He was like, “Hey, like I’ve been doing this, but I’m going to pass to you.” Like, you know about the donuts? I watched it go. All right. Yeah. So, um as a rookie, he passed the donut the donut tradition down to me and it was one of those things that like I said, I felt like it was like a rookie thing. He was like, “Hey, like, you know, you go to this place, call this place, tell them that you going to get the, you know, whatever whatever it was at the at the point in time. They’re going to know exactly what it is. Go pick them up, bring them up here, everybody’s going to love it.” All right, cool. And um, you know, when he when he left, I was like, you know, I, you know, I’ll keep it going. You know, uh, it was something that I saw that it brought a lot of joy to people in the building. And it was like a small tribute to him. And then, you know, when you know, he passed it, it felt like it was one of those things that, you know, every day that every, you know, Saturday I get a chance to call in and order donuts. It’s a small just little wink, you know, like just a he’s always still around, you know? He like I I want I want him to be able to, you know, I don’t even think the guys even know where that came from. I think everybody’s just like, “Oh, the donuts are here.” and they usually just get so excited, but like they don’t really know like where that originated from. But like it’s it’s one of those things that like for myself and for the people who got to spend time with him and and understand where the donuts came from, it’s a it’s an honor to, you know, that he gets to still be, you know, here, you know, um he he may not be here physically, but he he had such a lasting impact that, you know, he’s not going anywhere from this organization anytime soon. And like I said, I’m I’m happy that he’s been able to get his recognition from this organization getting inducted into the Ring of Honor. Too cool. Too cool. And I know all of Broncos country is thrilled that DT is getting his time. It’s a bummer that he won’t be able to be there. Uh, but it’s still going to be such a cool weekend. Um, all right. Before we get out of here, let’s get to some super chats. Henry, any thoughts before we dive into these super chats? I don’t think so. All right, let’s get into this first one coming in for Pure Leine, who says, “Boys, Shawn Peyton and the Broncos need to kiss. Keep it simple, stupid. Stop getting so cutesy with the play calling simplify and win. Sure. In one way I agree in terms of like the the run blocking. Just choose one and go with that until you can prove that you’re good at that really quick. We’re going to go into overtime. Head to the thednvr.com to continue the conversation in overtime and including the rest of this answer. Um but Pure Lupine, what I will say is how did the Broncos get their only touchdown last week? That was Nate Atkins being wide open on a little trick play on a cutesy play. It was cutesy from Shawn Payeyton. So I don’t want the specialty cutesy plays. Only be cutesy when it works. That’s my Yeah, exactly. Only make sure that if you’re going to be cutesy, make sure it works. But I do think that there are some aspects big time to what you’re saying, Pier Leine, about just simplifying stuff. Don’t make things more complicated than they need to be. I completely agree with that because I do think this offense might just be a little overwhelmed right now. Yeah, they they sure seem like it. Yeah, they do. Mile High Singh says, “Hey fellas, I will be attending this game. I can’t wait to see the Broncos put a beatd down on the Giants. It’s going to be a special day with Super Bowl 50 anniversary and DT going into the ring of fame. Long live DT. Right on, Mile High. We can’t wait to see you hopefully as well.” Not Depot says, “Sorry in the beginning of the show. First, national media is BS. Ain’t no way Chiefs are ahead of Chargers and Broncos. Second, there are Broncos fans that are so emotional. Stop.” Wow. Once Broncos fans not be emotional. Third, let’s call a spade a spade. All right. It’s a spade. Spade. Spade. Uh, thank you for the super chat there. Not to pot. Dusty, who’s a member of the supporters club, says, “Flying in from Arizona tomorrow for the game. My first DMVr tailgate. Can’t wait to celebrate. Let’s go, Dusty. We can’t wait to have you there. Uh to celebrate DT. Hoping to meet some of y’all. Cheers. Long live DT. Again, that uh ceremony for DT Southside the stadium 11:30 a.m. Either come by the tailgate before or after, but it’s like a 5minute walk from the tailgate. So, both to that. Yep. Exactly. Plenty of time to do both. Foco Buff says, “Really like the home field advantage this week will be huge. a field like that. Homefield advantage will be huge. DT’s presence will be felt in New York City. It is a home game though, but they will also be feeling it, I guess. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Exactly. I was a little confused. Uh going to be a special game for sure. I would take over Dearyius Thomas receiving yards. I’m sorry. Over Courtland Sutton receiving yards this week. Um, over 88 receiving yards or right on 88. Oo, I wonder if you could find that. There might there’s going to be something very cool about this game. Something like that. That 88. Exactly. Yep. Exactly. Or Garrett BS is going to play 88 snaps or something like that or have 88 penalties. Oh jeez. Hopefully not. They they’ll lose if that happens. I’ll guarantee that one. Rod Blocker says, “I’m standing.” Oh, Rod has a lot here. We appreciate you, Rod. Let’s get to you. says, “I’m standing on us, beating Buffalo in the playoffs. Colts offense is for real, and we held them to four field goals and two touchdowns in the red zone. With ball hurt, we top dogs, but with Baltimore hurt, we’re top dogs.” I love it, Rod. I I absolutely love it. Um really the only I just don’t want to see the Chiefs in Arrowhead or the Bills in Orchard Park. Yeah, weird. It’s not Buffalo, right? Um, shout out to the Broncos for making sure we’re not calling them the Centennial Bronco Lone Tree Bron. No, they’re the Denver Broncos and they’re staying in Denver. Rod also says, “To me, with the class of the AFC, I don’t respect Steelers at all, nor Buffalo. Our offense needs to be more consistent, but we can be anybody in the AFC. Certainly with the defense. Yeah, you can say that. Feeling good. Just need to be consistent. Get rid of all those three and outs.” Yep. I agree. It’s embarrassing. What do you think about more Pat Bryant in the offense? Is that better than people think? That’s coming in from Rod, too. Yeah, I could go for more Pat Bryant. I could, too. I There’s nothing they’re doing now that I’m honestly too attached to on the offensive side. Well, Rod, they’re they’re giving you that. They’re giving you more Pat Bryant. I think every single game his snap count has gone up, or at least for the most part, it’s gone up. I believe he played in 60% of the Broncos offensive snaps last week, which is really impressive for a rookie. So, he’s he is getting his time to shine. Earlier this week, we talked about yesterday, Shawn Payeyton said that RJ Harvey will be getting more run as the season goes on. So, we’ll see when that starts. And Rod rounds us out here by saying, “I was at the Philly game that propelled our season. Wish I saw you, Zack, but seeing that in person, I’m confident verse anybody.” if you guys are ever going to be at a road game, um make sure to DM me um either on Instagram, Twitter, uh and we can hopefully meet up there. So, really appreciate everyone tuning in this week. Shout out to Henry, shout out to Dion, shout out to you here. And that’s going to do it for us this week. Drop your score predictions here so we can see them. And make sure to tune in Sunday. We got a huge game, huge week, huge day of football. Um, tailgates going live right around 1:30. Yep. 1:30 pregame show. Pregame show. Watch along for the entire game. Uh, I think just me and Benny. Who knows if Ryan’s going to be back. I’m sure he’ll tell us. Um, and then postgame show with maybe the three of us. Maybe it’ll just be me and Benny. We’ll we’re’ll find out. It’s going to be fun regardless. Tune in to find out. It’s going to be fun. Let’s see if the Broncos can go to five to do five and two. And let’s do that together on Sunday. Stay tuned on YouTube and we will see you then. Enjoy your weekend. We all silly like the mayor.

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If Dre Greenlaw plays, how big will his role be? What kind of impact could Dre Greenlaw make? What is the key to stopping Jaxson Dart and Cam Skattebo? How will the Denver Broncos’ Super Bowl 50 reunion and Demaryius Thomas’ induction into the Denver Broncos’ Ring of Fame affect the game?

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